Improvement in foot-rest and boot-jack combined



UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. JAMES, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOT-REST AND BOOT-JACK COMBINED.4

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 110,240, dated December 20, 1870.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. JAMES,ofCin cinnati, in the county ot Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Foot-Rest and Boot- J ack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had pins B, which pass through helesiu both parts,

as seen iu the drawing.

C is a staple in the upper end of the stand A, which may be drawn out ofthe stand snfticiently to have it engage with the toe of the boot when the heel ofthe boot is placed in the recesses D. A bootjack is thus formed.

E is a. foot-rest, which is hinged to the part Aby means of a removable pivot-pin. The

position of this rest is regulated by the telescopic adjusting-rod F, one end ot'which is hinged to the rest and the other to the upright A. The parts of which the rods are .composed are fastened together, so as to give any required length to raise or lower the rest by means of the thumb-screw G.

When in use as a foot-rest the base H rests upon the oor, while the re/stPF receives the limbs and feet. ner it will be seen that the part A may be kept in au inclined position, if desired, to give rest to the feet and limbs.

In drawing the boots the uprightA may be laid upon the lioor, resting on the pins B, by which it will be sufficiently raised from the tloor.

The advantages of this arrangement are many and obvious. It will he seen that the two parts can be entirely separated, so that they can be packed in a very small space, and be carried with ordinary baggage and used in traveling as Well as at home.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t l. A foot-rest composed of the parts A and B, and made adjustable as to height and position, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the foot-rest, the staple C and the recess D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

DAVID H. JAMES.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. WALLS, F. B. JAMES.

In using the rest in this man- 

